Bill Text: IL HR0215 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Honors all women residing in skilled nursing facilities in Illinois for their lifelong service to their families and communities.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-27 - Resolution Adopted [HR0215 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HR0215-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, March has been designated as Women's History Month | ||||||
| 3 | to honor the contributions of women to our State and to our | ||||||
| 4 | nation; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Women living in nursing homes are among our oldest | ||||||
| 6 | Illinoisans of every race, ethnicity, and socio-economic | ||||||
| 7 | status and have contributed mightily to our communities through | ||||||
| 8 | their passion, ingenuity, and tireless determination; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, They have earned the right to be honored, cared | ||||||
| 10 | for, and protected as women of wisdom; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Female nursing home residents have raised their | ||||||
| 12 | families, taught our children, and led their communities; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, In their lifetimes, these women of wisdom have | ||||||
| 14 | broken through the glass ceiling, served in the military to | ||||||
| 15 | preserve freedom, and fought for the rights of women and | ||||||
| 16 | children to live free from violence; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, These women of wisdom have marched on the Chicago | ||||||
| 18 | lakefront and the streets of Springfield as they worked | ||||||
| 19 | tirelessly to ratify the ERA in Illinois; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Many struggled to raise their children, earning | ||||||
| 2 | only 59 cents for every dollar earned by their male | ||||||
| 3 | counterparts; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Many of these women of wisdom are now over 100 | ||||||
| 5 | years old and must now look to the younger generations to care | ||||||
| 6 | for them; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, They are deserving of the highest caliber of care | ||||||
| 8 | as they live out their final years; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, It is important they are not forgotten and are | ||||||
| 10 | included in the celebration of Women's History Month; | ||||||
| 11 | therefore, be it
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| 12 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 13 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 14 | all women residing in skilled nursing facilities in Illinois | ||||||
| 15 | should be honored for their lifelong service to their families | ||||||
| 16 | and communities.
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